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On Thursday, Dr. Orville Hartford showed a birthday party photo from the Oronoka restaurant in Orono, Maine. Hartford recently purchased the restaurant site and will be developing it as a doctor's office.

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Oronoka remembered as plans move forward for $2 million medical facility in Orono

23 mins ago ORONO, Maine — The Oronoka restaurant and inn was more than a place to get a meal and a room for many of its customers …

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Brewer high school students learn alternative to mass-produced food

NEWPORT, Maine — In an environmental issues class at Brewer High School, students have been studying the make-up and origin of some of their favorite …

CULTURE SHOCK (blog)

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Historic Bangor home to be featured on HGTV’s ‘Who’s Lived In My House?’

A few years ago Renee Perron discovered that the property she’s lived on for the past ten years once belonged to a fascinating figure in …

$50 million bond proposal package headed to LePage with strong bipartisan support

Spring turkey season suspended in northern Maine

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Your best defense against Lyme disease is a plastic spoon

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Former New Hampshire House Speaker William O'Brien (right) and Maine Heritage Policy Center CEO J. Scott Moody in October.

J. Scott Moody to depart as Maine Heritage Policy Center CEO

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Biding time: Can Maine shorten its waitlists for disabled residents seeking support services?

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Acclaimed painter and part-time Maine resident Jon Imber dies

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Beejan Savabi (left), vice president of property management for New York-based Park 7 Group, which is proposing a 270-unit student housing development off Park Street in Orono, answers questions during the April 16 Orono Planning Board meeting, while design engineer Paul Monyok of WBRC Architects and Engineers in Bangor reviews his notes.

Aroma Joe’s coffee shop moving into vacant building in Orono near University of Maine campus

RENEE ORDWAY

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Large signs used by the Cross Insurance Center to direct cars to parking areas during events, shown in this March 6 photo, are also causing traffic problems.

Traffic congestion caused by Bangor’s entertainment venues is a good problem to have

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Timothy Gilboe, a Jackman native who in 2011 saved the lives of his fellow soldiers during an enemy attack in Afghanistan, on Friday will receive the body armor that saved his life.

Jackman veteran receives body armor that saved his life in Afghanistan

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In this August 2010 file photo, Dennis Marble, director of the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, looks inside the facility's basement bedroom. Marble said Friday that the shelter is running out of food.

Bangor Area Homeless Shelter running out of food, says director

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Central Maine Power workers replace a utility pole that was knocked down Friday morning in South Thomaston by a vehicle.

Crash knocks out power in South Thomaston, forces school closure

Maine adds 8,000 payroll jobs since March 2013, unemployment rate dips below 6 percent

3 hours ago AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s employment picture improved in March, with …

Corinth motorist sentenced to community service for fatal accident

BANGOR, Maine — A 29-year-old Corinth man who struck and …

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A lonely bench on Hathaway Road in Mattawamkeag sits along the rising Mattawamkeag River on Friday.

Warning issued after Mattawamkeag River rises above flood level

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A resident at the Ellen M. Leach Memorial Home holds a handful of plastic Easter eggs during the second annual Easter Egg Hunt at the retirement home in Brewer on Tuesday.

Never too old to hunt for Easter eggs

Monson No. 4 takes her last runs on Saturday at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum on Fore Street in Portland. The locomotive, built in 1918, needs a new boiler and museum officials don't know when it might be back in service.

Rail enthusiasts in Portland say goodbye to Monson No. 4

A geranium blossoms at Ledgewood Gardens and Greenhouses in Orrington on Tuesday.

Greenhouse owners ready to help Mainers forget winter, embrace spring

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Memorable Orono restaurant site to become dermatology office

Brewer high school students learn sustainable farming methods

Ice floes take over Riverside Avenue in Fort Fairfield

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Opinion

Debra Heintz, an inmate at the Washington Corrections Center for Women, talks recently during an "If Project" session about prison and the things she's missing. The project asks questions of inmates and former inmates, then carries the heartfelt responses to at-risk youth.

EDITORIALS

How Maine can shut the revolving door of incarceration for young adult offenders

The Maine Department of Corrections is pioneering a new incarceration approach for young adult offenders. Launched April 2 at Mountain View Youth Development Center in …

Sports

Former University of Maine All-America goaltender Jimmy Howard, pictured in an April 11 game, leads the Detroit Red Wings into their NHL Eastern Conference playoff series against the Boston Bruins beginning Friday night at TD Garden.

Former UMaine All-America goalie Howard hopes to spark Red Wings to playoff upset vs. Bruins

Ten years ago, Jimmy Howard took center stage at TD Garden in Boston. In what is considered one of the best finals in Hockey East …

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VITAL SIGNS (blog)

Think twice before handling baby chicks

I made a trip to my local Blue Seal store on Thursday to pick up dog food. As I walked through the door, the gentle peeping …

Business

Dockworkers haul a bowline around a bollard as the Nova Star arrives in Portland for the first time on Thursday. The ferry will make daily runs between the city and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, starting in May.

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Portland celebrates arrival of Nova Star, restoration of ferry service to Nova Scotia

PORTLAND, Maine — A small crowd met a big ship Thursday at Portland’s Ocean Gateway terminal, celebrating the restoration of ferry service between Maine’s largest …

Living

Acclaimed painter and part-time Maine resident Jon Imber dies

Jon Imber, an acclaimed Massachusetts-based painter who spent decades summering in Stonington, died Thursday, April 17, after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known …

Outdoors

Spring turkey season suspended in northern Maine

The spring wild turkey hunt has been suspended in portions of northern Maine, specifically Wildlife Management Districts 1-6, due to the effect of this year’s …